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Friday, June 19. 2020Horowitz in Moscow, 19860:00 Interview with Horowitz 6:54 Scarlatti, Sonata in B Minor L.33 11:12 Scarlatti, Sonata in E Major L.23 15:05 Scarlatti, Sonata in E Major L.224 18:21 Mozart, Sonata in C Major K330 36:30 Rachmaninoff, Prelude in G major Op.32 No.5 39:22 Rachmaninoff, Prelude in G sharp minor op.32 no.12 42:34 Scriabin, Etude in C sharp minor op.2 no.1 45:12 Scriabin, Etude in D sharp minor op.8 no.12 49:10 [Horowitz talks about his life] 58:34 Schubert, Impromptu in B flat op142 no.3
On a menu (Mac's), in WellfleetChoose a fish: Pan seared Cod Then choose your sauce: Lemon Beurre Blanc Wednesday, June 17. 2020What Do You Do With a Stolen van Gogh?Octave Durham, who went to prison for stealing two paintings by the artist, explains the difficulties encountered in this line of work.
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Tuesday, June 16. 2020Moons are migrating awayAnd in a few billion years (not too long) all of the planets will be consumed by our Sun's inevitable explosion. The knowledge that all of human history, earth history, critters, human creations and thoughts, etc will all be instantly erased is a big thought, ain't it? So where to invest one's money, long-term?
Turtle SoupSunday, June 14. 2020The power of white stigmaFrom 2007, Shelby Steele explains white guilt
From today's Lectionary: Abraham and SarahGenesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) 18:1 The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. 18:2 He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground. 18:3 He said, "My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by your servant. 18:4 Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 18:5 Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on--since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said." 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes." 18:7 Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. 18:8 Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate. 18:9 They said to him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" And he said, "There, in the tent." 18:10 Then one said, "I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 18:12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?" 18:13 The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?' 18:14 Is anything too wonderful for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son." 18:15 But Sarah denied, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. He said, "Oh yes, you did laugh." 21:1 The LORD dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as he had promised. 21:2 Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him. 21:3 Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son whom Sarah bore him. 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 21:5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 21:6 Now Sarah said, "God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me." 21:7 And she said, "Who would ever have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age." Sunrise, Cahoon's Hollow, Wellfleet No bugs, sea breeze, 57 degrees F at night, biking, boating, kayaking, hiking trails, running, day-fresh seafood, ocean beach, harbor beach, bay beach, and big ponds. Lots of fun family restaurants. The protection of the vast National Seashore. If you squint, you can see Portugal on the horizon.
A few more Wellfleet pics below the fold Continue reading "Sunrise, Cahoon's Hollow, Wellfleet" Saturday, June 13. 2020Saturday morning linksDecluttering: The Delightful, Awful Pangs Of Human Molting Next Up In The Stupidest Litigation In The Country: The Science? SPME Stands By Professor William Jacobson CANCEL YOURSELVES, YOU LOUSY TWITS A Plague of White Submissiveness WALSH: The Only Real Privilege In America Is Leftist Privilege Three indicted for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at NYPD vehicles, face life in prison Is there an epidemic of racist violence? Andrew Cuomo’s sad bid to blame Florida for New York’s mismanagement Trump’s excess drama only helps hide his achievements Biden is invisible; Trump is running against himself Stockman Calls "Bulls**t" On The Latest COVID-19 Fear-Mongering About Spikes In Texas, Arizona Virus: One way or another, I think the credibility ship has sailed. The U.S. Troop Reduction in Germany is Not About NATO Is Assad About to Fall? While the world wasn’t watching, Syria has edged toward collapse, and the dictator is in his weakest position ever. The U.S. now has a narrow chance to prevent a catastrophe. Friday, June 12. 2020Friday morning linksInsty's advice: Get a copy of Blazing Saddles before it's banned HBO Pulls ‘Gone With The Wind’ From HBO-Max Streaming… ‘Cops’ Cancelled Re: The Disturbing Campaign against Tucker Carlson Narcissistic Sociopaths with Childlike IQs and the Morals of Rutting Cats, But with an Elevated Ability To Feign Emotions to Manipulate Others, Have an Important Message for America. Yes, Let’s Defund The Police … At The EPA Joe Biden Says George Floyd’s Death is Bigger than Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. CHAZ Inside The People’s Republic Of Seattle Seattle "Autonomous Zone" Now Has A "Heavily-Armed" Warlord As Crime Spikes 300%. "The power vacuum has apparently been filled." Thursday, June 11. 2020Thursday morning linksIt's Time to End Qualified Immunity for College Administrators, Too. The doctrine lets courts allow public universities to get away with eroding their students’ speech rights. Harvard Chemistry Professor Indicted For Concealing Connection To China’s Thousand Talents Plan Knee-Benders Cancel 'Gone With the Wind' & 'Cops' on Same Day to Appease Frothing Rage Mob No more free speech Homeless people reportedly ate all the food in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, situation dire They want soy Trump: Elderly Buffalo Protester May Be an 'Antifa Provocateur' Even the protesters knew he was trouble Buffalo Officials Duped By Professional Antifa Provocateur – Arrest and Charge Two Police Officers – Righteous Police Team Stand Together and Walk Out… Begging the Mob’s Forgiveness Doesn’t Work LA City Council President Nury Martinez, Who Introduced Motion to Cut Police Funding, Caught Using Private LAPD Protection at Her Home Top De Blasio Aid Quits In Protest, Accuses NYC Mayor Of Being Too Kind To Police America Deserves a New FBI Better look at your social media — chances are you’re next to be canceled America is Not Racist AG Barr On Durham Investigation: ‘I’m Very Troubled By’ What ‘Has Been Called To My Attention So Far’ CDC Expects 200k COVID-19 Deaths By October As Dreaded 'Second Wave' Arrives COVID-19: Straight Answers from Top Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic “You’re Not My Brother”: The Trainwreck Cornel West-Leo Terrell Segment You Can’t Miss For Journalists, The New York Times’ Social-Justice Meltdown Is a Sign of Things to Come WSJ Editorial: Cancel Culture And Identity Politics Now Dominates Journalism And American Culture France: Post-Pandemic Disaster? Wednesday, June 10. 2020Wednesday morning links'She still lives!' Famed Yellowstone bear emerges from winter – with cubs Democrats Propose Replacing All Police With Traveling Bands Of Hippies Singing 'Imagine' What It’s Like to Get Doxed for Taking a Bike Ride NY Times: Boycott Your Own Relatives Until they Get Woke, Donate Money UCLA professor on leave after refusing to cancel final exam following George Floyd's death More Cancel Culture Democrats criticized for wearing Kente cloth stoles in honor of George Floyd A lady says “BLM IS A JOKE” Minneapolis Manufacturer: The City Doesn’t Care About Protecting Us — So We’re Outta Here Chicago: ‘What Are We Going To Have Left In Our Community?’ Aldermen React with Panic, Sorrow to Unrest Antifa Seizes Seattle PD, Sets Up 'Autonomous Zone' Just Like ISIS and the Paris Commune Watching in real time as Seattle descends into anarchy SENSE AND NONSENSE ON THE POLICE Recession Began In February — Will More Wasteful ‘Stimulus’ Kill The Recovery? Hydroxychloroquine saga: Researcher involved in retracted Lancet study has faculty appointment terminated, as details in scandal emerge Satellite images and online searches indicate China had coronavirus in the fall, Harvard study finds Tuesday, June 9. 2020Tuesday morning linksThe End of Minimalism/ Keeping a cluttered house has long been considered a little tacky, a little weak. But now it’s looking very wise. Fuji Bicycles’ parent BikeCo suspending sale of police bikes. Company did not like how some police were deploying their bicycles during a recent string of protests. Canadian professor canned for opinion that biological sex is a real thing Cornell students demand Chemistry Prof. David Collum be fired for tweeting that Buffalo incident was not police brutality To save black children, abolish teachers unions Never happen Welcome to Maoist America Reebok Cuts Ties With Crossfit After CEO Tweets George Floyd “Joke” They Blinded Us With “Science”. Throughout the pandemic, political leaders have consistently relied on questionable expert guidance—and ducked responsibility for their own choices. Now they tell us: Now WHO Claims Asymptomatic Transmission Of Wuhan Coronavirus Is ‘Very Rare’ And Just Like That the Cure for COVID Was Unveiled – Massive Riots, Looting, Destruction in the Millions and Wholesale Persecution of Police Chicago Mayor Now Pleading With Walmart And Other Companies Not To Leave The City Bush Aide: NYT Fabricated Trump Story Fake news never ends The Guard Is Always Changing at the New York Times THE CAMPUS RIOT REACHES THE NEWSROOM Justice Is Coming: 'As Many as 16-17' Obamagate Criminal Referrals Headed to DOJ The historic opportunity awaiting Trump to stabilize Iraq, eventually withdraw troops. The stakes are high for a strategic dialogue later this week between U.S. officials and new Iraqi prime minister Monday, June 8. 2020Barn PornFrom a daughter's trip to upstate NY this weekend to explore Frederick Church land. There are good art tours around Hudson, NY.
Monday morning linksImage: My answer to the question is "No" But beaches are open. I saw a guy yesterday with a t-shirt which announced "Sorry, but I only date models" A review of Woody Allen's new movie Elmer Fudd will not have a gun in 'Looney Tunes' reboot Finally! He was scary New York City reopens under Phase One on Monday The Question of Race in Campus Sexual-Assault Cases. Is the system biased against men of color? More Progressive Bad Ideas To Make Things Worse For Black Americans Maher Calls Lockdown 'Reckless Experiment,' Worsened Impact of Floyd Protests ‘This Is A Sham’: Tucker Blasts Health Care Professionals Who Signed Letter Exempting George Floyd Protests From Coronavirus Restrictions Ex-New York Times reporter Alex Berenson: Unreported truths about COVID-19 and lockdowns Is There Really an 'Epidemic' of Racist Police Shootings? Several Studies Say No. Minnesota AG Keith Ellison May Have Just Screwed Up Case Against George Floyd Cops Maybe not. If aquitted for too-high charges, more fun riots. That's a strategy. Minneapolis City Council President: If You Call the Cops When Your Garage is Broken Into, You're a White Supremacist That's a racist assumption. My garage was robbed by white guys who took a road bike and all of my cool fishing gear Media's 'Racial Injustice' Blind Spot: Over 30 Shot In Another Deadly Chicago Weekend Philadelphia Inquirer’s Top Editor Forced Out for Blasphemy And a UCLA Professor Canceled for blasphemy Leftists are in firm control at The New York Times Censoring Andrew Sullivan CNN Caught Faking It Again – WH Official Disputes Latest #FakeNews on Trump Calling Active Duty Military to DC We Have To Defund The Police To Get Climate Justice A Smug And Haughty Anti-Trumper Who Is Actually Doing The Right Thing! Next Four Months Will Be War Like You've Never Seen, Dems Will Try To Keep Economy Shut Down To smear Trump, New York Times pivots from Russiagate hoax to racism Just Like That, Gun Control Support and COVID-19 Died This Week COVID-19 Has Become "Less Prevalent" And "Isn't Making People As Sick", UPMC Doctor Says Good news, but unsurprising Sunday, June 7. 2020From today's LectionaryPsalm 8 8:1 O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 8:2 Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. 8:3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; 8:4 what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? 8:5 Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor. 8:6 You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet, 8:7 all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, 8:8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. 8:9 O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Beach with Grey Seals, Cape CodSaturday, June 6. 2020Saturday morning linksThe Gospel According to Peter Thiel - Wherever there’s a major shift in the American landscape, one can usually find Silicon Valley’s iconoclastic investor. Students call for laxed grading for black students. University goes along with it. Title lX: When Did Democrats Abandon 'Presumed Innocence'? If you’re shopping at Walmart because you believe it’s one of the last big chains with mainstream American values, you might want to rethink that idea. "THESE NUMBERS ARE INCREDIBLE" Trump Booms After Job Report Shock: May Payrolls Soars By 2.5 Million, Unemployment Rate Drops, Crushing Bearish Expectations Might be exaggerated, but still good news 'Somebody cooked up the plot': The hunt for the origins of the Russia collusion narrative Twitter Removes Trump Campaign's Tribute to George Floyd, Citing Copyright Claim Media will do absolutely anything to keep Trump from being re-elected America is not a racist nation " Over 30 tabs open and I am already repulsed by the continuing use of oxygen by those who have and continue to work to kill my nation." Heather Mac Donald: Rioting, looting, arson and violence have become a civilization-destroying pandemic The Barbarians Behind the Gate - The intelligentsia rationalizing the mob is America’s biggest “systemic” failure Rasmussen: Black Voter Approval for Trump Has Surged to Over 40 Percent WHO changes its mind about masks again UN atomic watchdog says Iran now violating all restrictions of nuclear deal Big surprise Friday, June 5. 2020Friday morning linksRiots and protests: The Mandatory Banality of University Presidents Economic Effects of Additional Unemployment Benefits of $600 per Week New York Times Journalists Scared To Have an Op-Ed Page. Elite media institutions are noisily abandoning liberalism. "What’s happening at the NYT is an attempted coup." Lancet Formally Retracts Fake Hydroxychloroquine Study Used By Media To Attack Trump Fake news everywhere The Struggle Sessions Are Here, And They’re Not Going Away. The left’s multi-decade project to teach everyone that America is irredeemably racist has led to the emergence of a new regime in American life. Majority of African Americans mostly satisfied with local police department: Poll Jews In Brooklyn Cheer On NYPD As They March Towards Rioters…
Lefty Madison is all boarded-up Why? From America’s Make-Believe Moment - It just might be later than you think.
Wearing a mask isn't political. It could protect my son's life Thursday, June 4. 2020American Experience: New YorkThis 2003 8-part series about the history of NYC from PBS is well-done and enjoyable. I learned quite a bit from it. Love it, hate it, or love/hate it, it's an important place in American history and world history. Thursday morning linksThe winner of the riots/protests is Jeff Bezos and Amazon Surely Minneapolis, Of All Places, Must Have Cured Racism By Now Grant Napear, Sacramento Kings announcer since 1988, fired for tweeting "All lives matter, every single one!" Not the Bee: NBA reporter cheers rioters torching low-income housing, freaks when "animals" come to his gated community Bumfight: As New York burns, Cuomo blasts de Blasio, de Blasio blasts Cuomo Criminal Gangs Who Ransacked NYC Arrived In Chauffeured Cars, Used Power Tools, Witnesses Say American carnage: These aren't protests — they're riots. Someone must end the lawlessness. THE NUMBERS DON’T SUPPORT BLM CLAIMS ABOUT THE POLICE MSM Really Earning 'Enemy of the People' Status During Riots David Horowitz to Newsmax TV: Democrats Have 'Ginned Up Race War' Media Falsely Claimed Violent Riots Were Peaceful And That Tear Gas Was Used Against Rioters Media Makes 3 False Claims That Tear Gas Was Used On Peaceful Protesters for Trump Church Visit The lying about Donald Trump is now completely out of control NPR: New Science Proves That Coronavirus Demands that Conservatives Not Do Things They Want to Do, Like Work At Their Businesses, But Does Not Limit What the Leftwing Wants to Do, Like Pillage and Loot Conservatives' Businesses Gretchen Whitmer has her ‘let them eat cake’ moment The Media Are Lying To You About Everything, Including The Riots. The media lied about the Russia collusion hoax, about the Mueller probe, about impeachment, about the coronavirus—and now they’re lying about the riots BLM Protest Tries To Enter Dominican Neighborhood, Gets Told To F*ck Off… Wuhan Virus Watch: Whitmer Lifts Stay-at-Home Order Now That People Need to Go Out and Riot Michael Flynn transcripts reveal plenty except crime or collusion New Flynn Transcripts Confirm Mueller Team Lied To The Court And The Country. The newly released transcripts should cause longtime federal Judge Emmet Sullivan to realize the error of his way and immediately dismiss the charges against Michael Flynn. The FBI’s Investigation Into Trump and Russia Now Looks Even Worse. Rod Rosenstein says he was kept in the dark about important parts of the probe. Wednesday, June 3. 2020A calisthenics workout: The QueixadaWednesday morning linksImage via MOTUS German officials threaten Naomi Seibt with prison for climate ‘denialism’ New Title IX Regulations in Sexual-Assault Cases Are Upheld in Court All protests should be suspended until the curve of violence is flattened Unhinged Episcopal Bishop Calls in to CNN to Trash President Trump for Holding Bible without Her Permission — SAYS NOTHING ABOUT CRIMINALS WHO TORCHED CHURCH AVI: What if there is not a general problem of police racism that needs our constant attention? Yes, Meet Rioters with Overwhelming Force This riot is brought to you by Nike. Corporate America wants you to know it totally rejects imperialism and racism. Just not the Chinese variety Historic Macy’s On 34th Street Looted, Vandalized And Fires Started Inside Store…This is the flagship Macy’s store featured in Miracle on 34th St. Not a miracle anymore. Cops use surveillance footage to nab two lawyers who firebombed NYPD van Related, those REVOLUTIONARY LAWYERS They will have trouble getting jobs, with felonies Carolla via Ace:
Barack Obama Urges Activists to Capitalize on George Floyd Outrage COVID: CHINA IS ASSHOLE Sex At Someone Else’s Home Is Now Illegal In England So why not do it in the road? No-one will be watching you... Sovereignty over the Jordan Valley is key to Israel's security Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and Qatar form emergent power nexus in the Islamic World Tuesday, June 2. 2020Tuesday morning riot linksBB: Clever Churchgoers Avoid Arrest By Disguising Themselves As Rioters It’s Past Time To Examine How Police Unions Protect Bad Cops North Carolina Dems Endorse Looting “Complete Anarchy”: New York Cops Beaten, Run Over by Cars in Night of Rioting and Arson by Peaceful Protesters Who is recruiting, moving and paying the professional anarcho-rioters? If The Rioting Seems Coordinated Episode 1011 Scott Adams: Let’s Talk About Antifa and Looters Setting Civil Rights Back a Decade Seattle Mayor: You Know, White Men Are Behind The Violence At These Riots Car full of white people gets caught handing bricks to group of young black men to throw. Churches Are Shuttered Over COVID-19 Fears, But Violent Anarchists Are Allowed to Congregate with Impunity YOU CAN’T LOOT US, WE’RE PROGRESSIVES! Heather MacD via HET:
America’s Black Communities Are Suffering. Violent Protests Will Make the Suffering Worse Italian Bakery Owners Welcome Cleveland Looters with an Impressive Arsenal Monday, June 1. 2020Monday morning linksArtist Christo, Known for Wrapping Exteriors of Landmarks, Dies at 84 Fiery meteor that doomed the dinosaurs struck at 'deadliest possible' angle Chinese cheating rampant in U.S. college applications, and in classrooms Trannies in high school sports Virginia Is Deluding Itself About Green Energy Brooklyn Protesters Block Rioters From Looting Target Black Firefighter Spent His Life Savings To Open A Bar. Then Minneapolis Looters Burned It Down Please consider donating to this firefighter in Minneapolis whose dreamed was burned Portland Police Are DONE With Rioting BS: Volleys Of Flash Bangs And Tear Gas Fly Through The Streets AG Bill Barr Identifies Antifa Activists as Organizers of National Mob Violence, Looting and Arson Only an intellectual could ‘justify’ these riots Trump, White Supremacists And Russia: Here’s Who Democrats Have Blamed For Riots So Far Time To Show The Better Angels Of Our Nature With Coronavirus
Riots are going to be the end of lockdowns Wuhan Virus Watch: New England Journal of Medicine – Wearing mask outside health care facilities offers little protection German Official Leaks Report Denouncing COVID-19 As "A Global False Alarm"
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